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gram, two opposite joints of whichare fitted UNTTED STATES EDWARD PINK,or s BOW-FAG TANTON, ENGLAND.

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:PECXFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed February 18, 1 895.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD PINK, gentleman, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing at Stanton, St. Bernard, nearPewsey, county of Wilts, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprove ments in Rowing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecication.

This invention relates to an'improved rowing apparatus which will permitof the rowers facing the front of the boat while propellingit.

The apparatus consists of a block or case pivoted at the side of theboat so that it can rock about a horizontal axis. To the center of thisare pivoted the scull and a handle for operating it made separately, butturning on the same pin and projecting respectively outside and insidethe boat.

The handle and ore are connected by a frame in the form of anarticulated paralleloby apin or bolt to the arm and oar. This frame isfitted in the rocking case above mentioned, the latter being formed withlongitudinalgrooves in which pins at the end joints of the parallelogramtake, nuts being pref: erably employed to retain the parts together.

The action of the apparatus is as follows: On the handle being drawnback, thejointed frame will slide with it, and being connected to thescull at the opposite point will pull the latter in the oppositedirection to the motion of the handle propelling the boat forward. Therocking case will permit of the sou-ll being raised from the water onthe return stroke. Stops can be fitted to the side of the boat whichwill limit the motion of the rocking block and prevent the oars beingdipped too far into the water.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference ishad to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a planof the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side view. Figs. 3 and at are respectivelya plan of the rocking case with the upper side removed and an under sideView of the said case showing the slots, and Fig. 5 is a cross section.

The rocking case is formed in two main parts A and A, A being the baseplate and A the cover. The base plate is formed with a Patent No.541,946, dated July 2, 1 895.

Serial No. 538,363- (No model.)

strong rib a at the center, having a pin aat each end which serves as apivot. This rocking case is carried in the bearings B at each end, andis allowed to rock freely around the axis formed by the said pin asshown in Fig. 5 in dotted lines.

The oar Ois fitted to a plate C provided with a series of metal strips 0by which the oar is fixed in place. The handle D is fitted in acorresponding manner to the plate D with straps (1. These plates or armsare pivoted to the central pin E which passes up through the center ofthe case, one arm being fitted on top of the other, a simple fly nut ebeing employed to retain the arms in position. To permit the arms to runeasily over the rocking case small rollers c and d are fitted underneaththe arms, bearing on the top of the case reducing the friction. The armsare connected to the articulated parallelogram F fitted inside the case,the pin f being employed to connect the arms to the said parallelogramat opposite joints. The other joints of this parallelogramare providedwith pins f which pass through the central slots a in the bottom of thecasing, nutsf being screwed on the ends of the said pins to keep theparalellogram in proper position. To permit of the arms being turned toand fro around the cen ter E slots a concentric with the said pin areformed in the top of the case. On pulling the handle in the ordinarymanner, owing to this connection with the jointed parallelogram and theconnection of the car with the opposite joint, the said oar is movedsimultaneously around its center in the opposite direction.

The oar and handle may be collapsed together as shown by the dottedlines in Fig 1, thus permitting the ear to be withdrawn into the boatout of the way, when notin use. On turning the case with the collapsedoar and handle into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 the oarcan he still further collapsed into the boat.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A new or improved rowing apparatus consisting of rocking case fittedto the side of the boat carrying ajointed parallelogram and separatehandle and oar pivoted at the conter of the parallelogram, and connectedto the opposite pin of the said parallelogram, substantially as and forthe purposes specified.

2. In an improved rowing apparatus the combination with a separatehandle and oar pivoted together, of a horizontal case rocking inbearings at each end, a jointed parallelogram carried by the said caseand connected at opposite joints to the handle and oar and longitudinalslots in the case into which pins of the parallelogram take,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In an improved rowing apparatus the combination with a separatehandle and oar pivoted together, of a rocking case formed with a baseplate and a cover, longitudinal slots'in the said base plate circularslots in the cover a jointed parallelogram in the case connected. withthe handle and oar at opposite joints by pins passing through thecircular slots and pins at the otherjoints sliding in the saidlongitudinal slots, substantially as described and shown and for thepurposes specified.

at. In an improved rowing apparatus, the combination with a rocking caselongitudinal and circular slots in the case and a jointed parallelogramretained in the said case, with guiding pins passing through thelongitudinal slots of arms pivoted to a central pin on the case andprojecting in the opposite direction, connected to the jointedparallelogram by pins passingthrough the circular. slots, oar and handlefitted to the opposite arms and rollers on the underside of. the saidarms bearing on the upper surface of the case, substantially asdescribed and shown and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have sworn to set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

- EDWARD PINK. In presence of HENRY ALFRED WOODBRIDGE, ALBERT EDWARDELLEN.

